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Why this architect rebuilds KC’s blighted history ‘floor by floor’ (hint: it isn’t just the tax credits)

In the 1990s, Bob Mayer helped start downtown Kansas City’s first wave of reinvestment. Thirty years later, he’s back on the same streets. Ask Mayer how he has watched downtown Kansas City grow, and he starts with the hard part. “Well, I’ve seen the decline,” he said. He has also seen what came after it….

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He put the tee in Kansas City; now this ambassador of KC pride is closing his City Market outpost

A small storefront next to the famed Arabia Steamboat Museum at Kansas City’s City Market is closing its doors after nearly a decade — selling close to $2 million in T-shirts over the course of its run, the owner said, and becoming a de facto visitor’s center for people sharing Dave Lindahl’s passion.

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